જેણે ન ખાધું ગળ્યું તેનું જીવતર બળ્યું.

jēṇē na khādhuṁ gaḷyuṁ tēnuṁ jīvatara baḷyuṁ.

Literally: Whoever did not eat sweet things, their life was burnt up.
What it means: Failing to enjoy life's simple pleasures leaves a person's existence hollow.

ગુજરાતી કહેવતસંગ્રહ (Gujarati Kahevat Sangrah) (1921) · read from the scan by machine — the Gujarati itself is unchecked · English is machine-made and nobody has checked it yet

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